NEWS : Mt Vernon Wood Pellet Stove From Quadrafire Performance

The Mt Vernon is part of the Quadrafire pellet stove range, and Quadrafire do produce some very good quality pellet stoves. With the Mt Vernon Quadrafire are trying to produce a very traditional looking stove, but with all the modern pellet combustion features of pellet stove. The unit is also supposed to operate practically silently even with the combustion and convection fan. One feature that the Mt Vernon does have and is defiantly an advantage is an 80lb fuel hopper. This is very large, as the industry average is around the 55lb mark, and this is still a very compact stove. Quadrafire also state that the stove can burn a variety of fuel pellets from standard wood pellets other bio-fuel pellets. Howell this specific stoves deals with the increased ash and possible clinker formations is yet to be seen, however other stoves within the Quadrafire range are capable of burning a wide range of biomass fuel pellets so the Mt Vernon is capable.

What Are The Other Features and Benefits Of The Mt Vernon Stove

The Mt Vernon features an advanced heat exchanger design to enable better heat transfer. The maximum heat output of the stove is just over 60,000 Btu's. The efficiency of the stove with regards to combustion and heat recovery ranges between 82 and 84%. This is not a market leading result, and quite a few stoves now are around the 90 to 94% mark, however its still very reasonable. The Quadrafire has five manual and an automatic heat setting. This unit features several cast iron components, which should see the stove through to a long working life. The stove also features an auto-clean system to remove ash from the burn pot and ensure efficient combustion. The programmable thermostat enables full seven day programming on the operations of the stove. One of the other advantages of the Mt Vernon is the ability to connect up to an option battery back up under power cut. This does in fact make is possible to run the stove from a battery system powered by a solar or wind power solution, making the running of the stove very low cost in the long run and also greener aswell.

What Are Some Examples of Biomass Fuel Pellets The Stove Could Use

Quadrafire state the Mt Vernon can use a range of 'bio-fuel' pellets, however most people are only familiar with wood pellets, and specifically premium wood pellets. Well to start with, there is a wide range of biomass fuel pellets, and a wide range of wood pellets. The emphasis is always on premium grade, however this excludes a large volume of wood residue which can be processed into pellets. Lower grade waste timber, which contains bark for example would produce a much cheaper fuel pellets at the cost of just a percent or two of additional ash. The additional advantage is these wood pellets could be produced locally with local timber from tree and woodland management.

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